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@BIGnick
i'm in need of some advice,
last sunday i was riding down Great dover st. on my way home and whilst checking behind me for traffic i hit a manhole cover with a huge hole in it.
this caused me to go straight over my bars, breaking my 4th metacarpal (ring finger) on impact.
i was going to report the hole but have been instructed by several people to put a claim in to the council for some sort of compensation.
i was wondering if anyone else here has had a similar incident and what they did about it, i'm pretty reluctant to do so
but after 3 trips to hospital and 3 months without my right hand it definitely begining to wear thin. i find out tomorrow if i need to go in for surgery...
any constructive advice would be much appriciated
cheers